Mayor v. Maia

Full title: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF the CITY OF RICHMOND HILL et al. v. MAIA.

Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Date published: Sep 27, 2017

805 S.E.2d 635 (Ga. Ct. App. 2017)

Opinion

A15A2334

09-27-2017

MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF the CITY OF RICHMOND HILL et al. v. MAIA.

Patrick T. O'Connor, Benjamin Mason Perkins, Savannah, Ray Chandlar Smith, Pembroke, Donald Lee Montgomery Jr., for Appellants. Billy N. Jones, Carl Robert Varnedoe, Hinesville, for Appellee.

Ellington, Presiding Judge.

Patrick T. O'Connor, Benjamin Mason Perkins, Savannah, Ray Chandlar Smith, Pembroke, Donald Lee Montgomery Jr., for Appellants.

Billy N. Jones, Carl Robert Varnedoe, Hinesville, for Appellee.

Ellington, Presiding Judge.

In City of Richmond Hill v. Maia , 301 Ga. 257, 800 S.E.2d 573 (2017), the Supreme Court of Georgia reversed Division 2 of our opinion in Mayor & City Council of Richmond Hill v. Maia , 336 Ga. App. 555, 784 S.E.2d 894 (2016), holding that Appellee cannot demonstrate proximate cause and that "Appellants were entitled to summary judgment in their favor." City of Richmond Hill v. Maia , 301 Ga. at 262 (2), 800 S.E.2d 573. Accordingly, we vacate Division 2 of our opinion and adopt the opinion of our Supreme Court as our own in place of that division.

Judgment reversed .

Dillard, C.J., Barnes, P.J., Ray, P.J., McMillian, Reese, and Bethel, JJ., concur.